HV HƯNG YÊN lexico and grammar

We were going through the Dark Forest and we were terrified when we heard a(n) ___shriek.

• outrageous

• unearthly

• witch's

• agonized

The policeman may have used some rather ___ methods to solve the crime but he did not do anything illegal

• outlandish

• non-conforming

• unorthodox

• unaccustomed

There is very little money in the budget and so we are going to have to run the event___

• on a penny

• in the pipeline

• on a shoestring

• in a tight corner

I would not say that the actors performance was actually bad but the best I can say about it is that it was___

• deplorable

• mediocre

• worthless

• brilliant

His leg was badly damaged in the accident on the building side that the surgeon___ it

• Amputated

• Crippled

• Lopped

• Punctured

The disease has ___ him so badly that he scarcely has the energy to get out of bed

• Rehabilitated

• Scarred

• Deformed

• Debilitated

Could you lend me some money to ___ me over to the end of the month?

• pull

• tide

• get

• hold

The police have been ordered not to ___ if the students attack them

• combat

• rebuff

• retaliate

• challenge

Mike's tendency towards forgetting things is a ___ joke among his closest friends

• continuing

• lasting

• constant

• standing

Answer explanation

standing joke: something that a particular group of people are familiar with and laugh about often, especially in an unkind way

Now everyone is in uncharted ___. Such a thing has never happened before, not even close.

• waters

• situations

• books

• areas